Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Author "OSBORNE, Theresa"

Title:Credit and Risk in Rural Developing Economies
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Author(s):OSBORNE, TheresaDate:2006Citation:Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 2006, 30, 4, 541-568Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines the theory of credit as a means of raising the productivity and living standards of producer households who face significant uncertainty. A dynamic model with uncertainty is developed in which households ...

Title:Imperfect Competition in Agricultural Markets: evidence from Ethiopia
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Author(s):OSBORNE, TheresaDate:2005Citation:Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 76, 2, 405-428Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Drawing upon unique transaction-level data from rural Ethiopia, this paper tests for general forms of imperfect competition among rural wholesale traders. These traders are key to the grain distribution system as they ...